Analysts/policy Analysts/senior Analysts/senior

3 weeks ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Strategy and Insights Directorate
Policy Analysts/Analysts
Senior Analysts/Senior Data Analyst

**Role type**: Permanent

**Location**: Wellington

**Salary bands for these positions are**:
Analyst/Policy Analyst $60,331 - $81,624
Senior Analyst/Senior Policy Analyst/Senior Data Analyst $92,073 - $124,570

Ma tau rourou, ma taku rourou, ka ora te iwi (with your contribution and my contribution the people will prosper)
- Are you a collaborative, engaging, asker of questions who enjoys building and using relationships to make a positive difference for New Zealand?
- Do you have a background in policy, regulatory policy, economics and business, science, the primary sector, or data analysis?
- Are you interested in contributing to a productive and sustainable future for New Zealand's primary industries?

**Join us for the opportunity to**:

- Lead initiatives addressing key strategic issues facing our primary sectors
- Work with tangata whenua and sector stakeholders on complex policy issues
- Shape the future of the primary sector in New Zealand alongside enthusiastic and collaborative colleagues.

We have vacancies for analysts at various levels in primary sector workforce policy, economic data and analysis, strategic policy, and science policy.

Kōrero mō te tūranga | About our Directorate
The Strategy and Insights Directorate influences and sets primary sector policy direction regarding the productivity and sustainability of New Zealand's primary sectors through:

- Data and evidence
- Understanding the business and global operating environment
- Real-world understanding of farming/business systems and activity
- Leveraging relationships across a range of stakeholders across all sectors
- Delivering out of the box insight by combining expertise across our diverse teams

**Our wide-ranging work program includes**:

- Ensuring the primary sector has access to the workforce and skills necessary for future success
- Exploring the drivers behind rising costs of production and food prices
- Forecasting primary sector production, prices, and exports to build a deeper understanding of where are sectors are and where they are likely to be going
- Delving into consumer preferences for our primary sector products and how New Zealand can capitalise on these.
- Exploring levers for attracting investment into the primary sector to achieve a profitable and sustainable future
- Working with detailed financial, physical, and environmental data to understand farm-level policy impacts

We are a Directorate that cares for its people and aligning work with your values and interests. There is space to create and influence your own work, with the support of a wide range of extremely talented experts.
We ask questions, challenge the status quo, and influence policy through our expertise in farming/growing, data and economics, and strategic thinking.

Mōu - About You

**For an Analyst/Policy Analyst, we are looking for**:

- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to form a view based on the evidence
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Someone who can give things a go, even when unsure
- Willingness to contribute positively to the team
- A passion for learning and asking questions
- An understanding of legislative processes and the machinery of government (for policy roles)
- The ability to bring a te ao Māori perspective

For a Senior Analyst/Senior Policy Analyst, we are looking for:

- An experienced professional who thinks strategically
- The ability to analyse complex issues using evidence and critical thinking
- Someone who is confident in questioning things others take for granted and comfortable with constructively challenging others at all levels
- Superb communicator who will grow our team's influence
- Comprehensive understanding of government processes and how to use them effectively
- Intellectual and professional leadership and support of colleagues
- The ability to work with tangata whenua to meet the Government's obligations under te Tiriti
- An understanding of legislative processes and the machinery of government (for policy roles)

**For a Senior Data Analyst, we are looking for**:

- Experience working with the Stats NZ Integrated Data Infrastructure or has the ability to pick it up
- Interest in maintaining/developing Code
- Familiarity with tax, immigration, and/or education systems or datasets, and the ANZSIC06 framework
- Ability to translate policy needs into data requirements/products and engage with stakeholders around this

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our teams
Primary Sector Workforce Policy
The Primary Sector Workforce Policy team is a multi-disciplinary team of policy and data analysts. We work across the Ministry for Primary Industries and engage with industry stakeholders and other agencies on advice to ensure the primary sector has the workforce and skills it needs, both now and in the future.
Economic Data and Analysis
We are a team who pride ourselves on using data, economics, a



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